The name Matt is a diminutive form of Matthew.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Matt has been given to baby boys in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby boys in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Matt
Use of the Name Matt for Boys During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
21,754
17,410
1,628
0
0
0
0
The table below indicates the number of times the name Matt has been given to baby boys and baby girls each year, from 1880 through 2004.
Matt last appeared in the top thousand boy or girl names during 1988, the last year shown on the table.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to boys or girls, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Matt
Used as a Boy Name
Used as a Girl Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1880
264
41
1881
302
29
1882
351
26
1883
262
39
1884
230
55
1885
262
41
1886
328
27
1887
286
34
1888
275
43
1889
301
33
1890
334
28
1891
331
27
1892
345
30
1893
320
30
1894
393
23
1895
377
26
1896
365
28
1897
430
20
1898
408
24
1899
409
21
1900
409
31
1901
418
21
1902
385
27
1903
379
27
1904
441
24
1905
459
24
1906
450
25
1907
503
22
1908
605
19
1909
450
32
1910
550
27
1911
466
40
1912
547
54
1913
563
60
1914
483
101
1915
537
108
1916
558
106
1917
551
115
1918
537
126
1919
594
104
1920
664
93
1921
633
102
1922
644
101
1923
695
87
1924
675
93
1925
688
88
1926
742
75
1927
767
74
1928
802
67
1929
801
65
1930
749
73
1931
828
58
1932
834
59
1933
856
53
1934
803
60
1935
811
59
1936
750
65
1937
887
49
1938
830
56
1939
840
53
1940
746
68
1941
873
53
1942
745
74
1943
831
63
1944
807
61
1945
812
59
1946
739
79
1947
795
76
1948
717
88
1949
797
75
1950
782
77
1951
719
93
1952
789
80
1953
695
105
1954
612
145
1955
526
194
1956
391
369
1957
323
566
1958
257
913
1959
256
972
1960
270
877
1961
264
888
1962
260
856
1963
253
906
1964
258
881
1965
260
800
1966
273
726
1967
275
705
1968
258
780
1969
260
803
1970
285
739
1971
266
803
1972
314
583
1973
338
502
1974
387
400
1975
388
405
1976
424
336
1977
471
290
1978
541
234
1979
531
254
1980
568
231
1981
612
194
1982
620
195
1983
562
224
1984
648
177
1985
692
162
1986
702
165
1987
794
136
1988
789
144
Totals:
21,754
0
During the last 125 years, parents have used Matt as a boy's name nearly 100% of the time and hardly ever as a girl's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are slightly lower than actual counts because the name Matt appears in the top 1,000 boy names only 109 times during the last 125 years.